Billy ripped open the envelope. The big state college's seal on the front meant this is what he had been waiting for. At 5'9", with blond hair and blue eyes and a cute face and swimmer's build, Billy was very excited about the upcoming college experience. Already being accepted and the start of his freshmen year just a month away, he knew that this letter would mean everything.
At that moment, his mom walked into the room. Watching him pull the single sheet of paper out of the shredded envelope was enough of a hint. "Ahhh, the roommate assignment."
Billy skipped the greeting and frantically searched for the name he requested.
"YES!" Billy yelled. "I'm rooming with Jake!"
"That's great!" Billy's mom screamed, hugging her son. What he would never know is that his mom's enthusiasm was fake. She had actually never been a big fan of Jake's.
She took a step back and noticed her son's smile had faded.
"What's wrong?" She stood beside him, trying to see what had captured him in the letter.
Then she saw it. Another name under Jake's.
"Ohhh," She said softly.
The letter referenced a "supplemental lounge."
After a couple more seconds, Billy spoke.
"This sucks. Two roommates."
"It sounds like they don't have enough space," his mom offered. "It could be worse," she pointed to a line of the letter. "Supplement lounges hold between three and six students depending on their size."
"Six!" Billy exclaimed, "That would be a nightmare."
"This isn't a bad thing," his mom spun, "You get to room with Jake and meet someone new. The best of both worlds, a win-win."
"I guess," Billy responded.
***
Billy and Jake sat on the bench overlooking their high school baseball field. Both had played in high school, but weren't quite college material.
Jake was about an inch shorter than Billy and had darker features. With brown hair and brown eyes, Jake also had a swimmer's body, but not as toned as Billy's.
"This sucks big time," Jake spoke first.
"I know," Billy responded.
"This was supposed to be time for sex."
"I know. We've been waiting so long for this."
"I guess I'll never get you alone," Jake said with a half smile.
Billy smiled back. He and Jake had experimented, but it was hard to find a place. And it didn't look like that would change.
"He can't be there all the time," Billy added.
"True."
"So," the excitement grew in Billy's voice, "when we get to college, and ditch the roommate, who gets to get fucked first?"
"Dips!" Jake yelled. The two laughed at the thought.
"I want your dick sooo bad," Billy acknowledged.
"Well," Jake said looking over at him, "we are alone."
"Yeah," Billy said, "on an open field."
"Yep," Jake said, looking back ahead, knowing their time together would have to wait.
***
Jake and Billy had moved into their dorm room. It was bigger than the standard room, but of course that didn't make up for the fact there would be three of them. Walking in the door, there were three closets to their immediate left along the wall. The room opened up to the right. There was a set of bunk beds to the immediate right, and a single bed across from it on the left side of the room. There was a desk directly across from the door, and two more on the far side of the room, on the other side of the beds. Those two desks were facing the room's windows. A micro-fridge sat in between them.
"This isn't that bad," the female voice came from behind, as Billy's mom, followed by his dad entered the room. They had also brought up Jake.
"Let's get this show on the road," Billy's dad commented, knowing that between the two of them they had a lot of stuff to bring up.
"We should take the bunk beds," Jake said, towards Billy.
"Yeah," Billy agreed, neither wanting to have to share them with their unknown roommate, "I call the bottom."
It took about an hour, but soon enough, Jake and Billy were moved in and the parents had left. Both boys sat on Billy's bottom bunk, covered in blue sheets.
"I wonder what Troy is like?" Jake asked.
"He sounded nice on the phone," Billy responded.
"You know," Jake changed the subject, "we are alone." His hand rested on Billy's thigh.
As timing would have it, that was the moment the door swung open. Jake quickly retracted his hand, and the boys stood up, to get a view of the door.
A tall, black kid walked in carrying a bag of clothes.
"Hey, I'm Troy," he greeted.
"I'm Jake."
"Billy."
The boys nodded at each other, as Troy's hands were full. For a second Billy was surprised that he was black, but then again his name should have been a hint.
Troy surveyed the room and put his bag on the single bed.
"Your parents coming up," Jake asked, noticing he was alone.
"No, I've been here for two weeks, football camp," Troy explained, his cute face lit up with his smile, "they wouldn't let us move into our permanent rooms until today."
"Oh," Jake responded. "You're on the football team...are you any good?"
"Yeah," Troy said, his smile widening, "I'm starting as a freshman, so I would say not too bad."
Billy spoke up, "What position?"
"Receiver." The answer made sense as Troy wasn't real big. He was obviously in good shape and he was tall, maybe 6'2".
"But I thought all the players stayed in a separate dorm," Jake asked.
"They do," Troy said, "I declared pretty late and it had already filled. Kind of sucks...no offense."
"So you're stuck here with us," Billy added.
"Yeah," Troy said, "I can't believe I couldn't even get a normal room. Nice to know there's no favoritism here." The three laughed. Troy was definitely likeable.
***
Later that evening, after all of them had unpacked and ate their first dinner in the cafeteria, they sat in their dorm room. Troy had bought a TV, which they sat on top of the micro-fridge. They had put out three lawn-type chairs in the middle of the room, were they sat watching TV and talking.
Troy sat in between the two friends. "We have to talk about sex," he started, "set-up some rules."
Billy shot Jake a knowing glance.
"I think the first attempt should be to go back to the girl's room," Troy was saying, obviously having put some thought into this. "My preference would be they never know where I live, you know, keep some distance."
"Sure," Jake inserted, as the two let Troy continued, they couldn't help but find the whole conversation somewhat amusing.